What is atiw.exe?

atiw.exe is part of Dell Data Vault and developed by Dell Inc. according to the atiw.exe version information.

atiw.exe's description is "DDV ATI Graphics Worker"

atiw.exe is digitally signed by Dell Technologies Inc..

atiw.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Dell\DellDataVault\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about atiw.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on atiw.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameDell Data Vault
Company nameDell Inc.
File descriptionDDV ATI Graphics Worker
Internal nameatiw.exe
Original filenameatiw.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2019-2020, Dell Inc.
Product version5.2.15.756
File version5.2.15.756

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameDell Data Vault
Company nameDell Inc.
File descriptionDDV ATI Graphics Worker
Internal nameatiw.exe
Original filenameatiw.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2019-2020, Dell Inc.
Product version5.2.15.756
File version5.2.15.756

Digital signatures [?]

atiw.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameDell Technologies Inc.
Certificate issuer nameEntrust Code Signing CA - OVCS1
Certificate serial number008efb78ba059cdca3000000005566aa51

VirusTotal report

None of the 73 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the atiw.exe file.

None of the 73 anti-virus programs detected the atiw.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "kernel32"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\fce37f9a64814ab35b63e62ecd62bf393a102cdf056c7edfd4aecbb026f38f8c.bin",
        "process_name": "fce37f9a64814ab35b63e62ecd62bf393a102cdf056c7edfd4aecbb026f38f8c.bin",
        "pid": 2816,
        "summary": {
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "kernel32"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1581072785.625,
        "ppid": 2448
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1581072785.34375,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\veawor\\git\\cpgswtools\\veawor\\ddv\\output\\x64\\Release\\atiw.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "_RDATA",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 546,
            "time": 3.0784008502960205,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2018,
            "time": 3.019624948501587,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2346,
            "time": 1.0139169692993164,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2674,
            "time": 3.033486843109131,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3002,
            "time": 1.5176899433135986,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3330,
            "time": -0.10250401496887207,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 3658,
            "time": 1.5474998950958252,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6986,
            "time": 1.0497019290924072,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 11178,
            "time": 3.125032901763916,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "8ce14b788a7beb168c32235701cc9aa1804b2eb42016115eab44ad7af51ece63",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "458b230c4e81168a886a264f03dd47e0cfcdc0bb7676c385c56b05b3935220ab",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD58d432afd356d89271ec21c593f3cde79
SHA256fce37f9a64814ab35b63e62ecd62bf393a102cdf056c7edfd4aecbb026f38f8c

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to atiw.exe:

atiw.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

atiw.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

DDV ATI Graphics Worker has stopped working.

End Program - atiw.exe. This program is not responding.

atiw.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

atiw.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with atiw.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 2 users.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
2

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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I have just found this in my Task Manager and wondering why it is disabled.

# 15 Feb 2020, 10:26

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